Supply list

Wood plank

Sandpaper or sanding block

Pencil

Print or design

Painter's tape

Thread

Paint or stain

Adhesive

Plastic mice

1. Cut wood to size. Print out a Halloween design of your choice and place it on your wooden board. We used the word 'eek' but you could use any phrase or design, be it slightly spooky or super sweet! Determine the desired size of your piece of wood and mark it using the
Fiskars® Tape Measure and a pencil. Place the piece of wood on a bench and use the
Fiskars® Precision Hand Saw to cut it to the correct size. Sand the cut edge with a sanding block.

2. Paint the wood. Paint or stain the cut piece of wood and allow to dry fully. Distress the wood using the sanding block, if desired, to give the background a worn effect.

3. Hammer the design outline. Protect your work surface by placing a towel or mat under your wood. Then, place the printed design on top of the piece of wood and tape in place to secure. Using the
Fiskars® Precision Hammer, hammer nails around the entire outline of the design using the
Fiskars® Precision Nail Starter to help space out the nails evenly. Carefully remove the paper when the entire outline of the design is nailed into place.

4. Wrap the thread. Tie a knot in the end of the thread and loop it around one of the nails. Then wrap the string around the outline of the design, looping the thread around each nail to hold it in place. When you wrap your thread back around the first nail and the outline is complete, you can then fill in the space by randomly wrapping the thread around each nail. Keep the tension on the thread to ensure a neat design.

5. Finish the string art. When the entire design is finished, tie a knot around the last nail. Cut the string using the
Fiskars® Original Orange-handled Scissors™ and hide any ends within the design. We added some creepy crawly decorations to our piece and used a hot glue gun to hold them in place.

Place the finished DIY Halloween string art on a shelf or mantle and admire throughout the entire holiday season!